THE line-up of the panel that will plot the course towards a full law-making Assembly was announced yesterday.

First Minister Rhodri Morgan claimed he had the cross-section of society he wanted for the All Wales Convention that will do the groundwork for a referendum on Scottish-style powers.

The Convention – a key part of Labour and Plaid Cymru’s coalition deal – will examine whether a vote for primary law-making powers can be won by 2011.

Mr Morgan has said he was determined the exercise would reach out to all parts of Wales and not fall into the hands of the chattering classes.

The 16-member committee – and its chairman Sir Emyr Jones Parry, former UK ambassador to the UN – holds its first meeting in Cardiff on July 14.

The First Minister said: “We have been seeking a cross-section of Welsh life and Welsh opinion who can tap into the views of ordinary Welsh people. I believe we have achieved that balance.

Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones said: “These people have a vital job to do in creating a debate across the country on the future governance of our nation.

The four members appointed through open applications are Joan Asby, a community regeneration volunteer from Narbeth, Pembrokeshire; Nicholas Bennett, the chief executive of Community Housing Cymru; former headteacher Sally Hyman, of Baglan, Port Talbot, the chairwoman of RSPCA Cymru; and Shereen Williams, of Newport, director of the Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations in Wales.

The Labour Party will be represented by Alex Aldridge, Plaid by Marc Phillips, the Conservatives by Paul Valerio and the Welsh Liberal Democrats by Rob Humphreys.